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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by nomel on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:49PM (#43212776)
They should have been thinking for a long time now, but weren't. For the 2% requirement:

2015: 5 countries

2021: 9 countries

2024: 23 countries

I don't think these levels would have improved so quickly without the US being a bully.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by importantbrian on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:18PM (#43213122)
They increased their defense spending because of Russia invading Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. It didn't have anything to do with US bullying. The biden administration certainly wasn't going around bullying Europe between 2021 and 2024.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by nomel on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:59PM (#43213614)
Trumps talks of NATO problems go back to his last term. Foreign leaders showed fear of reduced US cooperation then [1], some directly attributing increased spending to that [2]. It was very widely reported back then, with similar fervor.

[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/world/europe/donald-trump...

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